American Assets Trust (AAT) Competitors

American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) and LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Which has better earnings & valuation, AAT or LXP?

American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than LXP Industrial Trust. American Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LXP Industrial Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Assets Trust	$455.77M	2.53	$72.82M	$1.27	14.84
LXP Industrial Trust	$358.46M	6.62	$44.53M	$0.13	61.73

Do analysts rate AAT or LXP?

American Assets Trust presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.39%. LXP Industrial Trust has a consensus price target of $11.33, suggesting a potential upside of 41.23%. Given LXP Industrial Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than American Assets Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Assets Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
LXP Industrial Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is AAT or LXP more profitable?

American Assets Trust's return on equity of 4.98% beat LXP Industrial Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Assets Trust	12.40%	4.98%	1.80%
LXP Industrial Trust	12.40%	2.15%	1.13%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AAT or LXP?

90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor AAT or LXP?

In the previous week, American Assets Trust had 4 more articles in the media than LXP Industrial Trust. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for American Assets Trust and 11 mentions for LXP Industrial Trust. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat LXP Industrial Trust's score of 1.13 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Assets Trust	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LXP Industrial Trust	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AAT or LXP?

American Assets Trust received 100 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.01% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 50.75% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Assets Trust	Outperform Votes 371 66.01%	Underperform Votes 191 33.99%
LXP Industrial Trust	Outperform Votes 271 50.75%	Underperform Votes 263 49.25%

Which has more risk & volatility, AAT or LXP?

American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AAT or LXP a better dividend stock?

American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. American Assets Trust pays out 107.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 415.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Assets Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

American Assets Trust beats LXP Industrial Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.